MapplerK2 vs Placepals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapplerK2
This app allows users to create and manage custom maps for data collection. It enables community members to map amenities and concerns, and organizations to visualize and share data with colleagues and clients.
- Customizable smart phone-based mapping
- Community participatory mapping
- Map amenities and concerns
- Upload real-time data from smartphone
- Add text, files, photos, videos, audio to map points
- Customize data display
- Share interactive maps
Read full descriptionHide full description
Data Collection Solutions Mappler Mobile is a customizable smart phone-based community participatory mapping application that enables community members to map amenities and concerns. Mappler Mobile can be used by organizations or individuals who have an existing Mappler (community mapping site) account with an assigned user ID and password. VERTICES provides web site development and management services that provide access to all data mapped using Mappler Mobile, Mappler, as well as layers imported from other sources. Visualize and Customize With Mappler Mobile you can: - Develop and manage an interactive map and mobile data-collection app for your business or organization. - Display pre- existing data on an interactive map and upload real-time data directly from your Smartphone - Add text, file attachments, photos, videos, audio and more to your map points - Customize the way that your data is displayed and share your interactive map with colleagues and clients via the internet
Placepals
Create personalized maps of significant locations. Add photos and custom icons to pins, and collaborate with friends or partners to document shared journeys and memories.
- Create custom maps
- Add pins with photos
- Customize pin icons
- Collaborate with partners
- Map with friends
- Document journeys and memories
Read full descriptionHide full description
Create maps of the places that matter to you. Drop pins for first dates, anniversary dinners, that bakery you stumbled into on vacation—anywhere that means something to you. Add photos, customize each pin with icons, and invite your partner to map your journey together. Map with friends too. For trips, group memories, wherever life takes you.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Placepals at 5.0 against MapplerK2's 3.5. Placepals also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). MapplerK2's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Placepals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
MapplerK2 ships an update every 2 months, Placepals every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapplerK2 | Placepals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wansoo Im | Nicholas Paul Bigelow |
Customer experience
MapplerK2
Placepals
In-app purchases
MapplerK2
No in-app purchases
Placepals
No in-app purchases
